The Census Bureau released the 2010-2014 American Community Survey 5-yr estimates. It is the first time that we have 5-yr estimates that does not overlap with another set. So, in this project, we wanted to see how some of the poverty statistics have changed from the 2005-2009 estimates to the 2010-2014 in the Greater Triangle area encompassing Orange, Durham, Wake and Johnston counties.
The number of children living in poverty is not uniform throughout the 4 counties. The interactive map belows provides statistics on the children living in these counties by census tract. Census tracts are small subdivisions of a county.
In the latest ACS 5-yr estimates, on average, there were 5000 people in each tract for the Greater Triangle area. Note that the areas shapes of the tract is different from the 2005-2009 ACS to the 2010-2014 ACS.
The interactive maps below show the 4 counties divided by census tract.
Each tract is colored by the number of children living in poverty in that area - the darker the color, the higher the number of children. Click on an area to see the following statistics per census tract:
Note that “children”" are 0-17 years of age.
2005-2009 American Community Survey 5-year estimates - US Census Bureau
2010-2014 American Community Survey 5-year estimates - US Census Bureau
Zeydy Ortiz
Ashton Drew